LibGuides: UHN Virtual Library: Library Services for Medical Students

Welcome to UHN Libraries!

Library Services for Medical Students
Clinical Key and Access Medicine

The Health Sciences Libraries

There are several library locations across UHN campuses. Libraries can be accessed by UHN staff, clinicians, researchers, and learners. Our library spaces offer:

Computer workstations
Group and individual study space
Printing and photocopying
Helpful staff to assist you with any questions you have about our collections, borrowing, and document delivery services

Services & Training

UHN Libraries provide educational opportunities and services to support your professional development, clinical practice and research:

Literature searches by our information specialists help you find the evidence you need.
Practical and interactive online workshops designed to make you a skilled user of library resources.
Customized one-on-one and group training sessions on library resources and search skills.
Knowledge Synthesis support for those conducting systematic or scoping reviews.
Corporate Archives, preserving the history of UHN.

Resources for Studying

Access Medicine This link opens in a new window
"AccessMedicine® from McGraw-Hill Medical is an innovative online resource that provides students, residents, clinicians, researchers, and all health professionals with access to more than 75 medical titles from the best minds in medicine, updated content, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools, a comprehensive search platform, and the ability to view from and download content to a mobile device."
BMJ Best Practice This link opens in a new window
Formerly BMJ Point of Care
Best Practice provides quick and intuitive access to authoritative information structured around the consultation process. Combined in a single source is the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion – presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Best Practice is provided by Clinical Evidence.
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
ClinicalKey is the world’s first “clinical insight engine.” More than a traditional search engine, ClinicalKey is built from the ground up on Smart Content tagged from Elsevier’s proprietary EMMeT taxonomy"..."Whether you need point of care resources to improve patient outcomes or the largest library of Smart Content tagged resources available from a single source, ClinicalKey delivers."

Study Guides in UHN Library collections
Search UHN OneSearch for "study guides" - add terms to find guides on topics you are studying for.
Clinical skills training videos and modules
Find videos, interactive modules and more instructional material for clinical skills, procedures, anatomy, patient safety and more.

Clinical, Mobile and Point of Care Tools

Clinical or "point of care" tools and resources aim to summarize information for major clinical topics. By summarizing medical knowledge, it is easier to apply within the context of providing patient care. The contents of point of care tools vary on how quickly new research is integrated, on how research is or is not appraised for inclusion, how contents are written and how evidence is cited.

Mobile tools are resources available for use on your phone or tablet.

UHN Libraries provides access to a number of these tools:

For clinical tools, view our Clinical Tools @ UHN guide

For mobile resources, view our Mobile Resources

Accessing University of Toronto Libraries

University of Toronto Library Cards and TCards
If you are affiliated with the University of Toronto, you also have access to their libraries. You will need to get set up with a TCard/Library Card to check out materials.
UTORID
You will need a UTORID to access U of T Library workstations and services. This page should help if you need to set yours up, change your password or other settings, or troubleshoot.
Gerstein Science Information Centre
Gerstein serves most of the health sciences programs at University of Toronto, and their site puts the resources you are probably most interested in right up front. You might prefer starting from Gerstein rather than the front page of UofT Libraries.
Wifi and computers at U of T Libraries
Accessing wifi or workstations at U of T libraries, or accessing U of T resources from off site.
Access to Up to Date through University of Toronto Libraries
UpToDate is available for University of Toronto students only - find out here how to access.

You have an Information Specialist to help you

I can help you:

by doing literature searches for you - from finding a good textbook to systematic review searching, you don't have to do it yourself!
by providing individual or group training on database searching, EndNote, clinical information resources, etc.
by connecting you with UHN library resources and services, or other libraries to which you may have access

You can contact me directly:

Melanie Anderson | melanie.anderson@uhn.ca

Or use the online forms to request searches or training and I'll get back to you!